I made the mistake of putting them in a bag after they'd only been drying for 24 hours and some of them stuck together a bit. Not good. I think they need about 3 days to cure corectly! All I have to do now is order the bails to go on the backs of them and we have pendants. :)
I've also been playing with Clay this week and not much to show you there because I need to wait til there is some daylight before I take a picture of a project I used some clay roses in. They are useful for all sorts of things but hard to make small. My 9 year old daughter is extremely enthused about the clay and has been doing a bit of clay work every day. I taught her to make roses and now I need to watch some more tutorials so I have more to show her. :)
Jewelry wise, I've been busy tonight. I took a class on making triple stranded necklaces. We did not get time to finish the project before the store closed, so I ended up making the last strand here at home, then as I was trying it on, one of my other strands had a crimp bead fail, so I had some work to do. It just goes to shoe what happens when I rush. (that or maybe I was just having issues because my hands were hurting a lot tonight. Bad fibro night.) The necklace is made of silver wire and silver plated findings, freshwater pearls (in white, pink, black and cream,) crystal and hematite. The only pearls on it that are not natural are the very large ones on the outside, and that was becaue they were the only beads we could find that were large enough to suit what class syllabus called for. So those pearls are glass.
Here are a couple of pictures of the necklace in progress:
Had to add a picture of the clasp even though it's a bit sepia toned here. I was playing with camera settings.
Anyway, putting the whole thing up on Etsy in a day or two here when the sun is good. :)
As for the crocheting, I am almost in the final stages of the Sara shawl, with maybe 2-4 rows left before I will edge it and bead it. I can't wait to finish it! The Michaela scarf is nearly done too, with just a 1/2 of a side of beading to do and then it's done! :)
Hope life is good for all of you out there.
